Mystique Dressage

01/10/2025

With all the horses bundled up and warm on this rare snowy day in Atlanta, we are reflecting on a successful and fun show season in 2024, and are eager to get back out in the ring for 2025 under our new Mystique Dressage banner!

01/04/2025

Following thorough debriefs and in-depth program assessments after the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the USEF Dressage coaches, team staff, and key stakeholders have been hard at work reviewing the structure and criteria of the pathway programs.

12/27/2024

Faustus Z - Forrest
Forrest Gump X Florestan I X Ehrenwort

- FEI quality Zangersheide
- 16.3hh
- 2018 - 6 years old
- Schooling 3rd
- Temperament 4/10

Imported from Germany, he is the ideal horse for a JR/YR or ambitious AA looking for a partner to finish up the levels!

Showing:
Training level scores up to 73%
First level scores in the 70's (schooling)
Moving up to 2nd/3rd this year

Training:
Schooling 3rd level at home with a calm green flying change. Get him before he shows this season and his price increases!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ is a MUST

X-rays on file
📍 Milton, Georgia
Mid-🖐

Videos:
🎞 https://youtu.be/07-C66IIjd4?feature=shared

🎞 https://youtu.be/X8tRTXeWxkU?feature=shared

12/27/2024

With 2025 around the corner now is the perfect time to announce what we have been working on!

BIG CHANGES while staying true to who we are!

Jana started with Hannah in 2020, through good times and tough times she has put in 110% effort and we are recognizing her commitment to our team by adding her as a new OWNER in the company!

With this change and the amazing growth we have sustained over this past year, comes another big change! After a lot of discussion we have decided on rebranding Cheval Noir and starting this partnership under a new name! Coming into 2025 we would like to introduce Mystique Dressage.

Owner/trainer: Hannah Rickles
Owner/manager: Jana Perez

12/03/2024

Cheval Noir is looking to hire several positions with competitive pay!

✨️Please read entire ad, if interested please send resume and references✨️

1. Working Student
2. Stable Hand
3. Weekend Manager

We are looking to hire immediately, the ability to work additional days/times occasionally is a bonus. Educated horse person wanted for 11 horses must have a minimum of 1 year of handling experience or have owned/leased a horse. Minimum age of 16 for the perfect candidate.

Daily responsibilities include: dropping feed, turnout, stalls, waters, hay and general cleaning (blowing, dusting, sweeping)

Other requirements:
- daily lifting of 50lbs
- daily lifting, carrying, and dumping full water buckets
- handling 1,000lb horses that are sometimes, though rarely, frisky

Cheval Noir is a no drama tolerated atmosphere and we are looking for someone to join our team as we are growing! We expect our workers to be responsible, timely, kind, good communicators (need to text easily), honest, professional, hard-working, and have a pep in their step!

Pay: TBD on applicant - no housing available
MUST have reliable transportation! (We will not accept 'borrowed cars' or 'drop off's')

Benefits:
• Flexible schedule

Experience:

• Equine: 1 year (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• Milton, GA 30004 (Required)

11/23/2024

Devoucoux jump saddle for sale! This saddle has been used for hunters/equitation/jumpers, and even eventing. Everyone who’s ridden in it has always said they feel incredibly secure in their seat and position!
17.5in seat, medium tree, 4AA flap (long and extra forward) There is some cosmetic damage to the stitching on the flaps but overall the integrity of the saddle is in great condition. Taking reasonable offers, willing to do trials local to Milton, GA, and willing to ship for additional cost.
Asking $2,000

11/16/2024

We have a few very special horses available for an in-barn lease!

Types of leases we can accommodate:
Partial or full options to the right person!
Prices starting at $1200/month
1. Month-to-month
2. 6 month
3. 12 month

All horses are:
- capable of 3rd level with lead changes
- between 16hh and 16.2hh
- have tons of show experience
- sweet with amazing work ethics

If you are interested in learning more, please reach out and see if one may fit with you!

10/29/2024

🐴Due to a couple long term clients moving overseas and purchasing a farm to move horses home, we will have a few stalls available for training or sales consignment boarding by the end of the year!🐴

At Cheval Noir Dressage we are thrilled to announce stall openings for sales consignment or training!

✨ Personalized Training: Customized to your aspirations and your horse's needs.
✨Comprehensive Sales Program: We take care of everything from daily training to connections and marketing to help your horse find a new partner.
✨ Exceptional Facility: entry gate with code, small group turnout, premium unlimited hay, large outdoor and lighted covered arena, hack trails, hills, solarium lights for the winter and experience with horses from foals to FEI.
✨️Whether you are competition driven, or just want to further your education in classical dressage to strengthen your relationship with your horse, we are ready to welcome you!

Please connect with us here or via email at
📧 [email protected]
We are here to help make your dreams a reality.
🌐 Discover More at chevalnoirtraining.com where you can learn about our facility, pricing and training philosophy.

10/01/2024

Our girl rocking it! 💕

09/15/2024

What a weekend!! We are so proud of Charlotte Bohn and Jana Perez both getting back into the show ring at Stable View after a hiatus.

Charlotte scored a 66.8% at training level placing 1st, and recieved a 63.1% her very first time out at first level placing 3rd. She also recieved the high point award for the Thoroughbred Incentive Program with her horse He's Mostly Tough.

Jana and Sure Shot, owned by Melissa Bourgeois, scored a 69% at first level placing 1st, improving on her previous score at that level by a full 10 points! She also recieved a 69.4% in the test of choice class riding a first level test, earning the high point ToC award. Jana and Sure Shot also earned the two highest scores of the show.

BOTH Charlotte and Jana earned their first scores towards their bronze medals!

Hurricane Francine couldn't beat the storm that these girls brought!

06/15/2024

Milton's regular "Ask the Equestrian" returns with more pertinent insights to educate our community about all things horses. If you have a horse-related question, email it to [email protected] and we'll do our best to answer it online.

QUESTION: Why are fireworks and other loud, sudden noises particularly dangerous to horses?

ANSWER: Horses generally are “flight” (rather than “fight”) animals. So when they perceive danger such as from an unexpected boom like a firework, a horse’s natural tendency is to bolt or generally react more wildly. And because of their herd instincts (in which they tend to gather together with safety in numbers), if one horse gets upset it can set off a chain reaction with other horses in the vicinity having a similar reaction. When they do, horses could seriously harm themselves (such as by running into things), nearby property, as well as any people or other animals near what can quickly escalate to become a scary situation. They might also escape into surrounding areas beyond their home, which poses a whole new set of issues and potential hazards.

This is something to keep in mind over the summer, when people generally are more likely to use fireworks. A reminder that the loud noises caused by fireworks are prohibited within Milton except for a handful of days. The next allowed times are between 10 a.m. and midnight on July 3 and July 4. Having set allowed times helps people prepare themselves and their animals, as some people (like veterans with PTSD) and household pets like dogs are extremely sensitive to blasting fireworks. Horses are important to our city’s rural heritage, so we appreciate people’s consideration of them this season and, really, all seasons.

For more on fireworks in Milton – including regulations and impacts – go to www.miltonga.gov/Fireworks.

04/29/2024

Barns are fundamental to the fabric of Milton, both for farm owners and the city as a whole. That’s one of the reasons why keeping them safe from fire is so important.

To that end, Deputy Fire Marshal Andrew Kennedy will lead a Barn Fire Prevention Safety Seminar from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, May 2. This will take place at one of Milton’s picturesque horse farms – by a barn, naturally – at 1950 Bethany Way.

Anyone can attend this free educational event (which will include light snacks and refreshments), though they must RSVP first. To do so, please call Lori DePucci – a local realtor and the event’s sponsor – at 678-772-4373 or email her at [email protected].

Kennedy will touch on several topics including:
• What commonly causes barn fires and how to prevent them
• How animals such as horses behave in crises
• Developing safety plan should you barn catch fire
• The value of Community Connect, a Milton Fire-Rescue tool where you can let firefighters’ know critical details that can save time, property, and lives (for details, go to www.miltonga.gov/CommunityConnect)

This educational offering compliments the Barn Safety and Evaluation Program launched last year in conjunction with the Milton Equestrian Committee. People can set up an evaluation of their barn by emailing [email protected]. To learn more about this program, check out www.miltonga.gov/BarnSafety.

04/06/2024

⭐️ Cheval Noir Training & Sales is growing and seeking a stable worker! Afternoons (2-6p) and weekend (full day) ⭐️

Competitive pay

Where - Milton, Georgia

What to expect:
- Maximum of 10 horses
- Feeding, turnout, stall cleaning
- Positive, supportive environment, no drama will be tolerated!
- We have everything from young horses to FEI
- Ideal candidate needs have previous horse knowledge

Requirements:
✔️Reliable transportation - no housing at the time
✔️Willingness to learn and work as part of a team.
✔️Self-motivated
✔️Able to lift up to 50lbs (hay, feed, ect.)
✔️Confident knowledge of handling horses is a must; we have yearlings, stallions, and FEI horses and need to know you can handle them with ease.

❗️References required❗️

📥 To apply, email your resume to [email protected] or give us a call!

12/20/2023

This is something that definitely needs to be brought to light!

This isn't a competition between trainers to best each other. If that is the way people see it we are taking away the importance of doing what is best for the horses as well as showing up coming riders how this world SHOULD be.

BY SARAH CARTER I have always known the horse world is competitive. Personally, I’m competitive with myself but appreciate the successes of my colleagues. As a member of the middle class, I recognize that getting anywhere in the horse world is hard and requires a ton of work. I’m a new farm and ...